22. Look at a opposite and find the terms which correspond with these definitions.

1 software which allows data to he displayed and managed in a table format

2 it goes up and down and has letter labels

3 it goes across and has number labels

4 an area in a spreadsheet which contains data

5 the current cell where you enter information

6 mathematical equations that help you calculate and analyze data

7 ready-to-use formulae that help you perform specialized calculations, e.g. SUM, AVERAGE, etc.

23. Study the tables and then complete the text below with words from b opposite.

A (1) program allows the user to store, change and retrieve information.

A database file is a collection of records. Each (2) contains a set of fields.

Each (3) holds a separate piece of information; for example, a student file

contains a list of records, each of which consists of several fields which give their name, address, birthday, etc.

In a (4) database, information is stored in tables that have a connection or link with one another (see tables above).

A database lets you create an (5) , a list of records ordered according to the content of certain fields; this helps you search and (6) records into numerical or alphabetical order very fast. It also has a (7) function which allow you to extract information that meets certain criteria.

24. Look at this form of a music collection. Label the data types with words from b opposite.

«Setting up a dbms». Setting up (Data – Base – Management System)

1. Read and memorize the following words:

Field – поле; current – поточний;

Entry – вхід, внесення; to expand – розширювати;

Turning – вмикання; to shorten – скорочувати;

Subject – тема; to accompany – супроводити;

Record – запис; to eliminate – видаляти;

Title – заголовок; duplicate – копія, дублікат;

Movie – кадр; related - пов’язаний;

Character – символ, знак, буква.

2. Name the word – building elements (suffixes, prefixes) and parts of speech the refer to. Translate them into Ukrainian.

To combine – combination – combined;

To manage – manager – management;

To computerize – computerization – computerized – non computerized;

Possible – impossible – possibility – impossibility;

To charge – discharge – chargeable;

To relate – relation – related – relationship;

Identification – to Identify;

To count – countable – uncountable;

Character – to character – characteristically – characteristic;

To describe – description – describing.

3.State which of the given words are the terms (jargon). Make up possible word-combinations or sentences with them:

Title, subject, access, microcomputer, category, jargon, catalogue, movie, record, field, memory, game, storage, device, terminology, documentation, program, work.

4. Match the parts of word combinations, paying attention to the meaning of new words.

To have a) a DBM system

To set up b) access to a microcomputer

To eliminate c) title and subject cards

To combine d) duplicate records

To consist of e) two files

To identify f) eleven fields.

5. Read the following word-combinations with the new words and guess their meaning. Give the Ukrainian equivalents:

Subject catalogue; related records; to eliminate duplicate records; current data base; type of movie; movie title; entry of letters, numbers or characters; to shorten the description of the movies.

6.Read the text to understand particular terms related with the stages of setting up a DBMS.